Rafael Ballesteros

AGAVE IS LIFE is an exploration of the history of the agave plant in the cultures of Mexico and the American Southwest. Starting thousands of years ago when hunter-gatherers viewed the hardy desert succulent with it's myriad uses as a gift from the gods, agave's story is told through the lens of archaeological, ethnographic and modern day vignettes, closing with concerns about threats to the plant's future

The story of an aspiring cholo who without looking for it ends wrapped in a drama of lost loot , philosophical assassins and executions under the bridge.